[ “Hoshi-no-Oujisama” (Le Petit Prince) museum @ Kanagawa]

“Hoshi-no-Oujisama” (Le Petit Prince) museum which is famous for that picture book is in Hakone, Kanagawa Pref.. It is only here in the world.

“Hoshi-no-Oujisama” (Le Petit Prince) is a novel, it is written by “Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupery” in 1940s.

In the park, there is the image of the “Hoshi-no-Oujisama”! And, various images were put.

Also inside the garden of museum, there are a lot of buildings making the sense that one is in the foreign country.
We seem to be in France, not “Hakone”.
And, there is a church in the depths in the park.

Inside the exhibit space, there is a place that the introduction movie (about 15 minutes) of the “Hoshi-no-Oujisama” flows through.

There was also a lot of display to introduce that how the author, “Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupery” had lived.

It is a museum where you can know the secret of why the “Hoshi-no-Oujisama” is loved in the world.

[ Information ] “Hoshi-no-Oujisama” (Le Petit Prince) museum
■Open: (Open throughout the year)
9:00～18:00
Last admission 17:00
■Admission fee:
General: 1, 500 yen
Primary and junior high student: 700 yen
Over high school student and senior: 1, 100 yen
■Address:
〒250-0631
909 Sengokuhara, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa
■URL: http://www.tbs.co.jp/l-prince/ (Only in Japanese)
■Access:
From Tokyo:
1) Ride on “Tokaido-Shinkansen” from Tokyo. About 35min ride.
2) Get off at JR “Odawara Station”.
3) Take “Hakone tozan bus”, goes to “Togendai” bus stop. About 40min ride.

From Shinjuku:
1) Ride on “Odakyu Hakone express bus” from Shinjuku. About 120min ride.
2) Get off at “Kawamukai” bus stop.